Short Shirl
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Short Shirl

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Specification 
 CREW1
 ENGINE1 x 375hp Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII 12-cylinder water-cooled in-line engine
 WEIGHTS
    Take-off weight5512 kg12152 lb
    Empty weight3319 kg7317 lb
 DIMENSIONS
    Wingspan52 m171 ft 7 in
    Length35 m115 ft 10 in
    Height13.3 m44 ft 8 in
    Wing area791 m28514.24 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
    Max. speed93 km/h58 mph
    Ceiling10000 m32800 ft
 ARMAMENTone torpedo

Comments
Klaatu83, klaatu83=lycos.com, 02.11.2012

The Shirl was a shipboard torpedo bomber, intended as a replacement for the Sopwith Cuckoo, and designed in competition with Blackburn's "Blackburd". Neither was accepted by the British Admiralty.

A Shirl prototype was modified for an attempt to fly the Atlantic west-bound from Ireland, but the plane was forced to land in the Irish Sea due to engine failure before the proposed flight even began.

Martin Giles, mgiles=dslextreme.com, 13.03.2009

The numbers in metres are actually the dimensions in feet. The numbers in feet are therefore totally wrong.

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